User Guide - NetObjects Fusion

To display link data fields:
Chapter 30 Publishing Dynamically from a Database
Sometimes, the text data in the database may represent paths to other pages
somewhere else in your site or on the Internet. Stored in the database as simple text,
this data represents a URL and can be used to generate links to the specified
location.
Link Object 1. In Page view, select the Link object from the NOF DB Component toolbox.
Note: You cannot add a Link object to a page that does not have
a Connector object already added.
2. Click on the page to indicate the link’s location.
The Link Properties panel appears.
3. Select the recordset you want to work with from the Recordset drop-down list.
4. Select the data field to display from the DataField drop-down list.
The data field you are working with should contain the correct link information.
5. Set the link attributes.
• Target determines the frame that displays the contents of the link.
• Protocol determines the type of URL link being used, such as http:// or
mailto.
• BaseURL is the prefix that will be added to the final link URL.
• Image places an image on the page that site visitors click to jump to the link.
• Image Src is the location of the image link.
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